Southern Village HOA

 The following is a letter from Southern Village’s PORCH Coordinator:

Happy New Year!

As we begin 2011, it’s a good time to consider new aspirations, including a little help for those who are currently stuggling right here in our own community.  Some 2,800 households in Chapel Hill and Carrboro were eligible for food pantry visits every month – a 35% increase from 2009.

An easy way to make a difference is through PORCH.  Once a month, neighbors who’ve signed up to contribute simply put their food donations on their front porch and Susan Duke (Southern Village’s neighborhood coordinator) will pick up your donations to be sorted along with the 70+ other contributing neighborhoods for distribution to the local food pantries served.

The next pickup date for donations is January 23rd.  If you’d like to participate, simply send me, Susan, an email, get your food donations ready, and put them on your front porch on the 23rd!

Here’s a summary of SV’s first donation in December:

A big thanks to the 20+ families who donated in our first official month of Southern Village being part of PORCH!

Because I had some vacation time to use before end of year, I took the day off to participate in the whole PORCH process – from our porches to the local food pantries.  After I dropped my daughter off at Carrboro High, I made the rounds of our neighborhood to pick up everyone’s donations.  Then I headed over to Susan’s house in Lake Hogan Farms to add our food to all the other donations and help with the sort.  This is what I saw…PORCH.

The Board has decided to postpone tomorrow’s meeting because of the weather forecast.  The re-schedule will be posted on this site when details are finalized.  Questions?  Please e-mail: bod@southernvillage.org.

Update: The January meeting has been set for next Tuesday (1/18).

The next SVHOA Board of Directors meeting is set for Tuesday, January 11th @ 7pm at Southern Village Club (601 Brookgreen Drive).  This meeting & all meetings of SVHOA are open to the public.

Questions?  Please e-mail: bod@southernvillage.org.

Southern Village’s Market Street is now offering Southern Village home-based business owners the opportunity to advertise on the Southern Village website, www.southernvillage.com.  Your business will be included in either “Shops”, “Dining”, “Services” or “Music”, with a notation to show that it’s a home-based business.  Then at the bottom of the page, there will be a link that will list all of the home-based businesses.

Your ad will feature the name of your business, a brief summary of what you do, a logo or photo, and your name and contact information, including a link to your business website if you have one.

The cost of doing this will be $250/year, which is about $21/month.  In addition to appearing on the website, you would be permitted to publicize your business on the Village Green when we hold events.

We reserve the right to approve or decline your ad at our discretion.  If you’re interested in this opportunity or have any questions, please contact Bev Carr at bcarr@mcarolina.com or 919.969.7301 x231.

On June 11, 2011 more than 800 seniors will graduate from Chapel Hill High, East Chapel Hill High and Carrboro High schools!  That evening, the 18th Annual Project Graduation celebration will be held at the UNC Student Union.  A long-standing tradition, Project Graduation is a drug and alcohol free, fun and safe opportunity for all graduates to celebrate their accomplishments.  This all-night celebration keeps our students off the roads on Graduation Night – an evening notoriously dangerous for our kids to be in cars.  Historically, more than 80% of the graduates from our schools attend this memorable event.

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